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Costa
Rica's
president
Oscar
Arias
(left),
meets
with
Chinese
Premier
Wen
Jiabao,
at the
Zhongnanhai
in
Beijing,
on
Thursday.
Foto:
AP/Takanori
Sekine,
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The Best Course to Play
on a Costa Rica Golf
Vacation
The 2004 opening of the
Four Seasons Costa Rica
Golf Club lent great
support to the idea that
Costa Rica can be more
than the low-budget
playground for
rough-and-ready
trekkers, backpackers,
surfers, and
eco-adventurers.
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Costa Rica Telecom
Outlook
New entrants will help
boost Costa Rica's
wireless telecom sector
to the benefit of all
consumers experts say.
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Blues in the Boondocks
For the past 25 years I
have been helping people
relocate to Costa Rica.
During that time I have
had the opportunity to
observe where people
settle and how they fare
in different areas of
the country.
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A collection of our best fotos
of news events, people,
happenings in Costa Rica and
more...
click
here!
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People Words
Spanish like
English has different names for different people. By learning the words
below you will increase your vocabulary, comprehension and language fluency.
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Friday 26 October
2007, San José, Costa
Rica
China, Costa Rica to
Begin Free Trade Process
China and Costa Rica
said they will conduct a
feasibility study on a
free trade agreement -
four months after the
two established formal
diplomatic ties. The
move was announced by
top officials from the
two countries this week
during Costa Rican
President Oscar Arias'
ongoing visit to China.
Immigration
Officials Uncover "School for
Prostitutes" in Playa Jacó
According to an
investigation by the Policía Especial de
Migración - immigration police - two men
and woman, Dominicans naturalized in
Costa Rica, ran what they call a "school
for prostitutes" in playa Jacó
Intelligent Traffic
Lights Remain Dumb
They promises us all and
give us nothing. I don't
respect the traffic
lights. Are some of the
comments made by drivers
as downtown San José has
become a gridlock and
the promise of the
intelligent traffic
lights working this
month, that is supposed
to relieve traffic
congestion, is stalled
again.
Safety Concerns Close
Baylor University Costa
Rica Program
Despite Baylor
officials' desire to expand globally,
one of Baylor's programs in Costa Rica
is being shut down.
Agricultural
Groups Oppose EU and Costa Rica
Negotiations
Negotiations between the
Central Americas and the European Union
have already begun where the hot topic
under discussion is that of a trying to
reduce the import and export tariffs in
the EU. However this hasn’t gone
unnoticed without its opposition.
Catholics in Costa Rica
Concerned About Cable
Company Dropping EWTN in
Spanish
Several Catholic
organizations in Costa
Rica have expressed
concern about EWTN's
Spanish-language channel
possibly being dropped
by Cable Tica.
Nicaraguan Bread Makers
Protest Threats of Price
Restrictions
Nicaraguan bread makers
demonstrated in the city
of Granada to protest
new taxes and threats of
price restrictions by
President Daniel
Ortega's government.
UN
Joins Relief Effort
After Western Nicaragua
Hit By Floods,
Landslides
United Nations
humanitarian agencies
are helping with relief
efforts in Nicaragua,
where heavy rain over
the past 12 days has
brought flooding and
landslides and
devastated cropland and
vital infrastructure
across the country's
west.
MERCOSUR and SICA
Approach Agreement
Brazil and El Salvador
will relaunch the idea
for a Free Trade
Agreement between the
South Common Market (MERCOSUR)
and the System for
Central American
Integration (SICA), said
Brazilian Ambassador
here, Eduardo Prisco
Thursday.
Cuba Bares Bush Hate,
Threats
The new aggressive
escalation announced by
US President George W.
Bush discloses his real
aims of forcibly
reconquering Cuba, the
island's Foreign
Minister Felipe Perez
Roque stated.
Colombian Defense
Minister Urges FARC to
Disarm
Colombian Defense
Minister Thursday called
on the rebel
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
to lay down weapons and
stop confrontations with
the government.
ENVIRONMENT-LATIN
AMERICA:
Same Old Problems
Urban poverty and
chaotic urban growth,
loss of biodiversity,
degradation of marine
ecosystems and water and
air pollution are just a
few of the serious
environmental problems
that continue to plague
Latin America and the
Caribbean, the U.N.
Environment Programme
said Thursday in a new
global report.
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B.C.C.R.
26 October 2007 |
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